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Three Brothers Serve Aboard Navy Ship In One Family Tale
The guided missile destroyer Barney may house the largest single family presence on one ship with four sets of brothers aboard. Chester natives Roland Brant, Donald Brant, and Richard Brant joined within months, alongside Colonna brothers from Missouri and Melton and Munroe siblings from Virginia, Alabama, and New York, reflecting a rare wartime era family connection at sea.
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Barney
Ches| Vu
Sullivan Brothers
Waterloo
Iowa
Chester
Roland E. Brant
Donald R. Brant
Richard D. Brant
Claude LB
Ora Brant
Ches‘Yer
Brant
Donald
Richard
Eal
Barney & Crew
Roland
William C. Colonna
Thomas J. Colonna
Florissent
Samuel A.melton
Portsmouth
W. Melton
Toney
Ala
George Li. Munroe
John C. Munroy
New York